Sheridan ‘had no time for orgies’

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Scottish socialist tells libel hearing of Scrabble and political commitment to his class and beliefs

TOMMY SHERIDAN claimed yesterday that he was a man of “Scrabble and sunbeds” who was so dedicated to left-wing campaigning that he had no time for “sexual Olympics”.

The former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party said that he had never cheated on his wife, visited a swingers’ club or taken part in orgies, but had been singled out for vilification by the News of the World because it disapproved of his “trade union and socialist beliefs”.

Opening his case against the newspaper at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, he told the jury: “You may be familiar with a